Boys Don't Cry (1999) Reviews & Ratings

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Boys Don't Cry reviews

Boys Don't Cry holds a 7.4/10 average from 1,508 TMDB ratings.

You don't seem like you're from around here. It's one of those films that any film lover has to see to judge for themselves. A critical darling and an award winner, it's a film of undoubted emotional power. It is based on the tragic case of Teena Brandon (Hilary Swank) who was raped and murdered in 1993, it would become one of the significant cases of hate crime in American history. From the off Kimberly Peirce's fi…
— John Chard (8/10)

The atmosphere completely different from that nowadays. This was probably the first time for man to express his own feelings and sexual identity in public. So, it was something like a Big Bang for people who experienced fact that some of their kith are "such a weirdos". If you compare understanding of people today and only about 2 decades ago you can see that struggle for freedom and equality always exists, but they…
— Asa_movies (8/10)

Watching a "Mentally ill Female" Live her Life like this was Just Completely Disgusting to Me... i Literally Felt Sick!, like if you Gonna be Gay then be Gay, but you was NOT Born a MAN! So therefore i Have Absolutely NO Sympathy for What Happened to Her, She Brung that on Her By (Playing Games) with Straight Men and Women, She Deceived People and She Suffered the Consequences for Living a Lie and Pretending to Be S…
— T.J paco Lopez

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

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